Donald Trump has a sunbed at the White House to maintain his tanned complexion, a former aide has claimed.

Omarosa Manigault Newman lifted the lid on her time working for Trump in an explosive new book which threatens to leave the president even more red faced.

In 'Unhinged', Ms Manigault Newman also claims Trump is a racist who repeatedly used the N-word during filming for The Apprentice USA.

She alleged the ex- reality TV show host was caught on tape using the racial slur “multiple times” off-camera.

A former contestant on Donald Trump's show The Apprentice claims there is a recording of him saying the N-word (Image: Getty Images North America)

It follows claims during Trump’s presidential campaign that outtakes featured him using offensive words.

Ms Manigault Newman, who was the most prominent African-American in his White House, claimed three people told her the tape exists.

Speaking of her departure as his aide, she adds in a book: “My cert­ainty about the N-word tape and his frequent uses of that word were the top of a high mountain of truly appalling things I’d experienced with him.”

Trump hosted the show from 2004 to 2015 before running for President.

Trump is still proud of The Apprentice and its ratings (Image: AFP)

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Ms Manigault Newman starred on The Apprentice USA in 2004 and 2008. She was later Trump’s communications chief for the Office of Public Liaison. She claims in her book Unhinged that in late 2016 Trump’s team held a crisis call over how to respond if the tape came out.

A show source then allegedly told her they were in possession of it. By this time Trump had been sworn in as president.

Ms Manigault Newman writes: “By that point, three sources in three separate conversations had described the contents of this tape.

“They all told me that President Trump said [the N-word] multiple times throughout taping during off-camera outtakes.”

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The former aide, who left her job at the end of 2017, claims the White House tried to buy her silence.

In her book she says that within 24 hours of her departure, Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara emailed her a contract to work on the president’s re-election campaign with a “harsh and strict” non-disclosure agreement.

MGM, which owns the Apprentice rights, cannot release footage due to “legal requirements”.

In her book, Ms Manigault Newman also claims Trump wanted to be sworn in as president with his hand on his OWN book instead of the Bible.

She recalls him saying: "Omarosa, what do you think about me getting sworn in on The Art Of The Deal?"

She then asked: "Instead of the Bible?" before Trump supposedly replied: "Yeah. The Art Of The Deal is a bestseller! It’s the greatest business book of all time.

"It’s how I’m going to make great deals for the country. Just think how many copies I’d sell – maybe a commemorative inauguration copy!"

She told him to forget about it and writes that "we laughed, he wanted me to believe he was kidding".

The White House did not comment. In February a spokesman said Ms Manigault Newman had been “let go”, adding: “She had limited contact with the president.”